Dispensing apparatus



Aug. 14, 1945.

G. SMITH DISPENSING APPARATUS Filed Feb. 26, 194s 2 se'ets-sheet 1 nfrnllafrnr;

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` DISPENSING APPARATUS Filed Feb. 2e, 1943 2 sheets-sheet 2 ing any crushingsor breakingthereof. Y

Patented Aug. 14, 1945- I y 2,382,369'

t 132,382,369@ .l `msriiNsINa APPARATUS? 'Graydunsmithgcnurdmuss., designar t'tfiilutjtricooker,` Inc., Newburyport, Mass;V a corpora-` 'v'tiontif-Massachusetts [l i t y `Afppiitation,lietiuni-ty `26, miasetii No, 77,1190 t lThis invention relates to ajnovel. ydispensing l ;1 ,S afplanviewofan, apparatus embody- .apparatus adapted for, use inypackaging ma` inggmyginventiom l l t chines,'nut cooking machines, etc., and Wherever nzFlg- 2 `151@ flr'lttelevatlon thereof, i i the dispensing ofmeasured amountsfof a unit or i..E1 g. 3 islaisectionaltview taken on l1ne3``3 'of l granular yproduct is requiredv Oneimportant 5r Fia-1,3

of frangible and brittlematerials,such,` for exi .Figui-1 iS Plan s tonftakenfonme A5 5 0f amp1e,as shelled nutsnltishighly desirable that Flgyzt, s; fr such materialsshall remain whole .and `unbroken 10 i Flgf 6 15?Selonaldffeloprnent,` taken,Online` and their valueyandquality aregreatly decreased A-*B 0f Flg- 8 0f' amodled constructlon Some unit products of peculiarshape suchas 11.1C1159ies` a hoppelwha'vmg'lmierfand outerf cashew nuts, for example,i.iiow readily by gravity 51de' Walls @and lfaibottfomwall 1.5.2110. a rear only along hopperchannelsithat arefreelof-cor- Wll |75- The Wall-5 |215 rand 5a'1"e'arcuate1y ners and like ,obstructing pockets..winiuuy nupzo Curvedsto Ufshape, horlzontally and thelbvttfym per with straight walls provides such a channel Wall UtSSlOPeS QOWIlWaI'dlYtlOm lts h'lglest Polnt it also utilizes suonexcessvespaceas totbe im- @Climent t0 the WaillvlGf toitslowest 1301111: 34H8: practicable for certainuses; .fAfurtheri object of y F QWafldlyi 0f `and spaced; from the point I8 iszan the invention resides finA theproductiun yuf an upwardly extendlr'lawllwspacd from the b0 improved dispensing apparatus providing alfree- 25 tollwll l5 and Joimdviofthefld? Walls @nd flowing hopper. t channel disposed: `compactly n lr'he Space-attle'bohmmofthewauguibemg a space- ,t l Y t l j* dlspellsed.` A further feature ofrtheinvention residesuin t 150. Pass theebeneathd,Afmeufmg Lreffpale the production Otanv improved dispenser; em- 22 1S mounted;f91lVtmafl"eclpmca'tlon"fmthm bodying alhopperwith andownwardly"slopingy bot- 30 me U4?? '10ft-12h@ llppei'fu adiacenti *Phe/lower* tom wall and meansfortfeedingalimited amount most pOlnti I8,of uthegbottoniuwallyl. The reof thepIfQductltherefromto-a dispensingposition c eptacle 00m-PUES;rafbo'tmxiendtwall 24,three whereva measuring receptacle carilbymovementg sld? Walls 25 gs ainidfz'lf and a'faflsebottom 28 through a" Aminimum Vstroke idispense measured adJnustarbleiVertwal-lyby `means 0f a SG1' ewan? Any quantities of the product,` therebyisimp-lifyingrthe i35 suitable mechani-Sm-suchsmleer 32 pvoted apparatus l inni` substantiaiiy; shortening tueriisf:` M233 and'DSCillated by an eccentric 1341s Provided pensingstroke otherwiserequired.- n l I ff?? recproatfmghe receptacle lffomthe lower' l My improved dispensing apparatus embodies most. psmqn Shown in Fg flto'lts l 'uppermost especially compact'design preferably including'a, Position 'ShQWrll ILJCXIOIIEIIilin'estin-Fiel-3,211.1rod` hopper of arcuate or U-,shape construction com-J 40 36 nnetingthefregend'of the-'lever Withthe' pactly vhousing therein iadisch'arge; chamber and receptacle t-WHWQBDPQQIIL that the capacity discharge chute for 'receiving imeasured quantiof' the re@eptlacl?` 3fnf heWine@-vbymtatatblyladf ties ofthe product andtdispensingf the same'for# j 'sting th screw 3" wardly to themostconvenint receivingr location? Thtmmuy dspqsfd space "3s between *mel A ,further feature ofhtheV invention resides in" means forl eie'ctng the discharge"oftheproductat desired predetermined; positions Eof the "'dis. pensing stroke: of 'the' apparatusf; all fas herein-` after morespecicallydescribed" i These `and other features of behest understood andf aplpr` at lowing description of 4pef thereof Selected ferrurpos Y 50 movement ofthe rec l g1 2 isutfaway to theheig'ht illustrated Y'F the lowermost point of the `sloping bottomwall of 4illustration and 28 `lwhen the receptacle isin `it""uppermo`st ps`i `4,5 tWlelgS-Qf thetiill" sensate `discharge.; n being-dispensed and` the bottom`28 of th neasuringfreceptacle,slppes downwardly toward'fths chamber( i .Thfprtion t mut tne-finjner uftiil glzfttijatentjtuj,tnejpathj if` shownfin,theaccompanying'drawingsawhereinzl55; tion {(broken lines iniFig. 3i) *The bottom WallL 39 of the discharge chamber 38 slopes down- Wardly and forwardly and at its foremost position merges into a chute 42 for receiving and i walls I2 and I4, the dispensing receptacle spacem at 22 and the discharging space at 38'. A quantity of the product to be dispensed is deposited* 5 into the storage space betweenthewalls l2 and.

I4 and slides down Athe bottom` When the measuring receptacle is'initslowerf most position the product flows thereinto (Fig. 4)

and when the receptacle is raisedi-ts-wall '253 i passes freely upward through the product and the excess product spills back into the storage space (broken 4lines Figui) 'l The iside of thereceptacle facing the wall 40 isfopeiiand-whenV the product reaches theftoplfoflthis wall it -spills over vinto l the: dischargev charnbe'r-L 38 (-Fig. 3) and out of the chute 42, the receptacle havingtsufii-'l cient dwell atfthe-topitope'rrnit complete emptying thereof. It will be apparent that the apparatus dispenses definite measured" quantities ofthe product and functions freely -through a minimum stroke ywithout dangerl ofcrushing or 'breaking ythe product` .v,

.l The'apparatusillustrated-iri Figs. 1-5 dispenses each load of the product asthemeasuringreceptacle. reaches its `topmost Aposition.-l It Y'may in some cases be desired to dispense the loads dur# ing ther downward -rmovem'ent- Lof the receptacle, and fmechanism fior-performing this function is illustratedinf Fig.'` 6.# cut-off slide? has va.; vertically-.extending portion oi'- gate 44=passing upwardly-throughthe chute '42,1 the slide being" ad` When thedispensing-'receptacleis in its top'rnost` position theload spills finto the discharge ,chamber,3'8 `and-.is trapped-therein -by'the gate '44; The. gate -movesldownwardly with the:` measuring receptacle fand, wheniilt' fpassesf below the chute; theztrapped load-l is 1 discharged.-'- It will be" apparentfathat .the .slidecan be f-adjust'ed* on the rodl 3,6*v td ydischarge the-loaclE 'during any portion ofl thexdownward .movement of thev :measuring rei" ceptacle. This apparatus, illustrated in'lFig. 'Gys the .same a's:that. illustrated- -in` Figs.- E1&5* except relatively large amount of voverflow of the product from the receptacle must takpla'ce as the receptacle* lis raised.'` fvFfurthermoi-e, the receptacle, must-move through a 'relatively long stroke, as illustrated in brokenflines .at` the topvv of Fig. `'1. The functions servedv `by ltliexwall 20,' as vshown fin'.

Figs. 1-5, will newline; apparent andwhi1`e 'the form of invention,D includiiil'gl, this wall is prefer-y able,` itf/will be"unders tcod lthatuboth` forms are, within" the Except as .A above described; l .the structures, ofil Figs. @and Ilv aresuhstantiauy the'r 'sameas that illustrated in Figs. 1-5 and are indicated by like reference characters'.

It will be understood that a preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the drawings as above described by way of example only. One important object of the invention is to provide a very compact storage chamber of maximum capacity .providing for .the free' and unobstructed gravityfowfof a product downwardly therethrough, The arcuately curved and downwardly sloping bottom wall I5 together with the cc'ioperating side walls provides such a chamber "of Vr'naxiinum capacity arranged compactly within p, a minimum space,y all of which is of great imporce in; certainclis'pensing apparatus. It will alsobeapparentthat while, as illustrated, the

'cl-iut'eal, 3l-4.2 are disposed within the outline ofthe hopper construction I0, such mechanism can be disposed outside 0f said outline and in any arrangement thatseems most eicient and cooperative. It willalso be apparent that the apparatus vcan be constructed with or without the gate 44, asshownrin Fig.11. i Y @Having-thus' disclosed. my invention what I claim-as new: and .desire to -secure by Letters Patent-is: vi

A dispensing apparatus, comprising a hopper',x a' vertical-ly reciprocable measuring receptacle'mounted toreceive in its down position a loadfrom -the hopper, means providing a discharge. chambenl the receptacle being adapted Vinitsupposition-to.deposit its load into the dischargev chamber, and means for causing said load to :be discharged :from said chamber'V during a predetermined ,part of. the. down'travel of the measuringreceptacle.`

1; l2.'Ihe apparatus denedin claim 1 inwhich the,last.named :means includes a cut-ofi slide connectedftofandzoperatedby the measuring receptacle. u

The;apparatus deiinedinxclaim 1-in which thef la'strnamedsmeans :includes a cut-off slide connectedto andoperated by the measuring receptaclep-andmeans whereby lthe slide can be adjustedrelative.;.to'y the receptacleA tovarythe load discharging time relative to the'reciprocatory positionnof the receptacle. ,f n

Afidispensingsapparatus, comprising a hopperrhaving `agbottom'.wall :arcuately .curved horizontally fandzslopingidownwardly from one end to thegotherend and inner and outer side walls extending: upwardly from .the Vtwo l Vside1v edges of the `bottom.walL-thelapparatusihaving a discharge,- chamberxl'ocated within the varcv formedv bygithei'innersidewall; a'xed wall adjacent to the inner sidey wallatthebottom end of the'bottom wallpa a .measuring `receptacle mounted for vertical.: reciprocation. at and y upwardly from Ythe lower end; of -thebottom ,walland along the iixed wall, .theLreCeptaGIe having. aside wall adjacent t0 ,hQJlOWelnd-.of the ,hopper `and :being adapted in ,its: downgpositionf` to; receive. a load thereover from the hopper.. and .inf its up position to discharg he I OIl-Olerf thefxedwall and into the w ,Y gechamber, andumeansV for reciprocating tliefreceptacle to IJand. between p said Adown and up positin's, the arcuateshape of Athe hopper togeth'erwith the discharge chamber. located thereiinl providing compact maximum 'futility within a spcejandthe" curved"side walls of the llicp'per"'perf'ivicling"'a' free-flowing 4 channel devoidof'flow-obstructingcorners,

:15J-1A dispensing apparatus, comprising a hoppersfof 1 .U -shape configuration horizontally, a

in its apposition to discharge the load into-said chamber, and the U-shape of the hopper together with the discharge chamber located therein between the two legs thereof providing compact` maximum utility within aminimum space and the curved side walls of the hopper providing a free-flowing channel devoid of flow-obstructing corners. t Y

GRAYDON SMITH. 

